The Fairy-Sundering Sword slashed forth, dazzling lights swirling, tearing through the Five Elements, shattering half of the blood moon, and striking against the neck of the Supreme Demon King, only generating a string of sparks, a sight of breathtaking brilliance.
The pitch-black demonic claw clenched into a fist, fingers protruding like blades, carrying a force as mighty as a blazing sun, striking straightforwardly before Meng Qi, where the eaves’ water curtain shimmered with chaotic darkness, remaining black and profound.
Heaven-Upturning Seal, Four Symbols Seal, Yin-Yang Seal, Primordial Heart Seal, Wuji Seal, Void Seal, Reversion to Emptiness, Dao Spreading Across the Universe… Meng Qi’s seals were mysteriously profound, his sword techniques exquisite. Relying on the defensive might of Supreme Non-Being Primordial Canopy and the Eight-Nine Profound Art, he fought with grand sweeping motions, six arms whirling like windmills, striking the Supreme Demon King with clangs and bangs. Yet, apart from dazzling flashes and flying sparks, no true damage was done.
Fists, palms, claws, kicks, fingernails transformed into blades, filth twisting into dragons… Every move of the Supreme Demon King was a supreme demonic art, either corroding all things or seemingly indestructible, affecting minds or disrupting laws. Yet when they struck Meng Qi, they sank into the chaotic darkness, only rippling in response, without any further effect.
After a brief yet fierce clash, the blood moon world Wu Daoming had carved out was already half-ruined. Around them, the edges of reality collapsed, unleashing chaotic elements—earthquakes, fire, water, and wind. High above, the blood moon shifted from full to half, as if eroded over several days. Zhu Chaoseng’s damaged inner realm reacted instinctively, barely resisting the devastation. Meanwhile, Meng Qi and Wu Daoming, locked in direct combat, remained unscathed.
From this, Meng Qi deduced that Wu Daoming had not yet reached the peak of a Celestial Immortal. His strength mainly came from the terrifying Demon Emperor Claw and the fact that his Demonic Emperor Nine-Body was a top-tier Dharmakaya, indestructible through countless calamities. Though not yet rivaling the Hegemon, as top-tier Dharmakayas of similar quality, Meng Qi could, relying on the profound mystery of his techniques and the traits of the Legendary Shore, hold his ground for so long despite being merely at the Earth Immortal level.
However, as time passed, Meng Qi’s Supreme Non-Being Primordial Canopy trembled increasingly violently. The ripples of chaotic darkness descending from it turned into waves, fluctuating between normal and thin, no longer flawless.
“Die!” Wu Daoming roared, his pitch-black right fist absorbing the surrounding black dragon of demonic energy, swelling several times before crashing into the chaotic darkness around Meng Qi.
Puh!
The waves surged, a vortex forming. The chaotic darkness finally could no longer hold, cracking open. A cruel glint flashed in Wu Daoming’s eyes as the Demon Emperor Fist pierced through, striking Meng Qi’s neck.
Dang! A pale golden radiance burst forth, sturdier than diamond, unyielding under the assault. Faint white marks appeared where the knuckle blades scraped against it, while the half-real, half-illusory demonic energy was likewise repelled beyond its barrier.
Wu Daoming had created an opening, but he hadn’t expected Meng Qi to have the Indestructible Golden Body beneath his chaotic darkness. Unable to finish him off, he now stood fully exposed to Meng Qi’s gaze.
This was the moment!
Meng Qi’s six eyes turned icy. Raising one arm high, his palm took the form of a blade, channeling the power of the cosmos and the energy from all nine acupoints within his inner realm. He gathered the might of the Eight Directions and Six Realms into the edge of his palm. In a world plunged into darkness and spacetime thrown into turmoil, he suddenly swung downward, aiming a devastating strike at Wu Daoming’s forehead.
The Heaven-Sundering Seal, powered by Reversion to Emptiness!
Since the beginning of the battle, Meng Qi had never used the first three seals, nor the truly unstoppable Heaven-Sundering Seal, all to await this moment when Wu Daoming believed victory was near.
In a battle between Celestial Immortals, real opportunities came only two or three times, and only patience could seize them.
Meng Qi had always prided himself on his patience.
Light burst forth, illuminating the darkness, filling Wu Daoming’s vision entirely. The power of cosmic explosion focused on the blade’s edge, ready to erupt.
Creak!
Before Wu Daoming could raise the Demon Emperor Claw to block, the blade cleaved straight between his brows, releasing a grating, tearing sound as a fine scar was carved into the Demon Emperor’s golden body.
And once the crack appeared, the force of the cosmic explosion surged within!
At that moment, Wu Daoming’s head exploded in a thunderclap, leaving only a headless demonic body. The blade’s light erupted, and a roaring cosmic explosion surged from his neck, carving countless fractures into the blood moon world, as if it would shatter after just a few more strikes, returning to the real world.
From the neck of the towering demonic body, thick black demonic energy spewed forth, forming a black lotus, wreathed in dark glow. The lotus bloomed and contracted, and Wu Daoming’s head regrew, identical to before.
At the critical moment, he had employed a transformation technique similar to the Eight-Nine Profound Art’s Windborne Metamorphosis!
Meng Qi had patiently created the opportunity and seized it, but the Demon Emperor lineage was no ordinary foe.
“Heaven-Sundering Seal, Supreme Seal—so you are a disciple of the Primordial! That explains everything!” Wu Daoming sneered. The Demon Emperor Claw spread wide, five fingers tearing through space, aiming to grasp the chaotic darkness.
There were several techniques comparable to the Supreme Seal, such as the Night Emperor’s “Great Night,” while the Wuji Void and Heaven-Upturning Seal might be remnants of the Jade Void lineage. Thus, Wu Daoming had only suspected until Meng Qi used the Heaven-Sundering Seal. Coupled with the Supreme Seal, Wu Daoming now confirmed his opponent was a disciple of the Primordial Dao, whose Dharmakaya was even slightly superior to his own Demonic Emperor Nine-Body. No wonder, despite being only an Earth Immortal, he possessed so many legendary traits and was so difficult to defeat!
Upon discovering the Primordial disciple, Wu Daoming’s fighting spirit surged further, launching a frenzied assault. The Demon Emperor Claw repeatedly shattered Meng Qi’s chaotic darkness, striking against his Indestructible Golden Body.
Dang! Dang! Dang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The two clashed violently once more, sparks flying, black gas swirling. With Wu Daoming now focused on the Heaven-Sundering Seal, Meng Qi managed to slash wounds or cause explosions on his torso and shoulders, revealing writhing black flesh like living things. Yet, he failed to injure Wu Daoming’s core. In an instant, the flesh regenerated, as if nothing had happened.
On Meng Qi’s side, however, the Supreme Non-Being Primordial Canopy was gradually failing. The chaotic darkness was breached more and more frequently by the Demon Emperor Claw. Only his indestructible Dharmakaya prevented him from being harmed by the residual force, but black gas began to cling to the pale golden surface, attempting to corrode it. Meng Qi faintly sensed that the struck areas of his flesh were nurturing foreign wills. Once the golden defense broke, each inch of flesh might become a separate realm, clashing and opposing each other, fracturing his Dharmakaya beyond repair.
The Demon Emperor Claw could actually transform another’s flesh, inciting internal discord, turning a whole person into countless warring demons—head against foot, hand against heart.
Moreover, the Fairy-Sundering Sword in Meng Qi’s hand had clashed repeatedly with the Demon Emperor Claw, already slightly tainted. If the battle continued, it would likely become defiled, losing its spirit, reduced to rusted scrap.
The eerie nature of this ancient demonic artifact, the Demon Emperor Claw, began to show, terrifying even without awakening to the Legendary level!
Meng Qi’s mind raced as he realized he could no longer continue the battle. The earlier idea resurfaced in his thoughts. With one hand gripping a shard of the Heaven Mirror, the crystal lamp of Dao Yi flickered in his eyes. The Fairy-Sundering Sword curved like a blade, slicing through the void into the karmic realm dense with luminous starlines. It severed and entangled all of Wu Daoming’s karmic threads, seeking to obliterate his very existence—from the heavens and earth to the cosmos itself.
The Improved Karma Adhesion of “Forget the Past”!
Wu Daoming sneered even more. His right hand extended, and the Demon Emperor Claw followed into the illusory karmic world. Each finger bent and then snapped outward in succession, as if playing an instrument, precisely striking Meng Qi’s Fairy-Sundering Sword.
Ding! Dang! Melodic sounds echoed. Meng Qi’s sword was knocked back, the karmic strike rendered ineffective. Yet his expression remained unchanged as he sidestepped, blocking in front of Zhu Chaoseng, who had been nearly killed by the collateral damage. Then, adjusting his crown, he summoned the Primordial Daoist figure from the Supreme Non-Being Primordial Canopy, seemingly no more than a speck, yet radiating outward.
The Canopy expanded, instantly enveloping all directions, confusing top and bottom, left and right, collapsing past, present, and future into a single point. Wu Daoming was caught within, momentarily unable to locate himself or detect Meng Qi’s position.
Want to escape? No way! He snorted coldly, raising his right hand. The Demon Emperor Claw’s fingernails turned blood-red as it clawed forward.
Ssskreee!
Chaos tore open, the blood moon fell, and heaven and earth began to contract. Wu Daoming’s towering demonic form saw Meng Qi again.
He hadn’t fled. One hand grasped Zhu Chaoseng, the other held open, palm revealing an ancient mirror shard, black and dull. He stood silently, as if chanting scriptures.
Still trying to save someone? Something is wrong! Suspicion flared in Wu Daoming’s mind. Without hesitation, his right arm stretched, the Demon Emperor Claw spanning tens of thousands of miles, directly slamming toward Meng Qi’s head.
The Demon Emperor Claw had just arrived when Meng Qi’s lips suddenly curled upward. He smiled faintly, gave a slight nod, as if in greeting, then vanished together with Zhu Chaoseng—completely vanished, leaving no trace in the blood moon world!
Bang!
The Demon Emperor Claw slammed into the ground, reducing tens of thousands of miles to a deep crater, causing the blood moon world to slowly collapse.
Wu Daoming lowered his hand, his eyes burning with even more fanaticism.
Su Meng had vanished from the world he had carved out, right under his very eyes!
How had he disappeared?
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